title: Acute non-Q-wave myocardial infarction and its clinicopathological correlation. A long-term follow-up of 21 cases.
abstract: A long-term follow-up study of 21 patients with 24 attacks of acute non-Q-wave myocardial infarction admitted to Beijing Hospital was carried out and clinicopathological correlation was made in 9 by autopsy. The results revealed that in patients with non-Q-wave myocardial infarction the mortality rate in acute stage was 14.3%, the 2-year aggregate mortality rate 33.3% and the rate of reinfarction 38%, while in patients with Q-wave myocardial infarction admitted in the same period the rate was 18.9%, 26.2% and 17.3%, respectively. It was thus shown that non-Q-wave myocardial infarction was an unstable condition. Although its prognosis in the acute stage was slightly better than that of Q-wave myocardial infarction, yet its outcome in the long run was poorer. Clinicopathological correlation showed that the diagnostic criteria for acute non-Q-wave myocardial infarction used at present are practical and a negative serum enzyme does not preclude the possibility of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Beijing Hospital.
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Z Z
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: You
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis